Vermont § 4057 - Procedure

§ 4057. Procedure

• (a) Except as otherwise specified, proceedings commenced under this subchapter shall be
  in accordance with the Vermont Rules for Family Proceedings and shall be in addition
  to any other available civil or criminal remedies. (b) The Court Administrator shall establish procedures to ensure access to relief after
  regular court hours or on weekends and holidays. The Court Administrator is authorized
  to contract with public or private agencies to assist petitioners to seek relief and
  to gain access to Superior Courts. Law enforcement agencies shall assist in carrying
  out the intent of this section. (c) The Court Administrator shall ensure that the Superior Court has procedures in place
  so that the contents of orders and pendency of other proceedings can be known to all
  courts for cases in which an extreme risk protection order proceeding is related to
  a criminal proceeding. (d)(1) For purposes of a petition filed pursuant to this subchapter, a health care provider
  may notify a law enforcement officer when the provider believes in good faith that
  disclosure of the information is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent
  threat to the health or safety of a person or the public. (2) As used in this subsection: (A) “Health care provider” has the same meaning as in 18 V.S.A. § 9402. (B) “Necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety
  of a person or the public” includes circumstances when the health care provider reasonably
  believes that the patient poses an extreme risk of causing harm to themselves or another
  person by purchasing, possessing, or receiving a dangerous weapon or by having a dangerous
  weapon within the patient’s custody or control. (Added 2017, No. 97 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 11, 2018; amended 2021, No. 87 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. July 1, 2022.)